IV. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the passage.
Formerly, industrial goods 1. (made / are made / were made / making) to last forever. A car or a
cooker was used for a very long time. Nowadays, 2. (but / though / however / then), industry has
persuaded us that its 3. (produce/producing/products/production) can only last a very short time.
It's 4. (cheap / cheaper / the cheapest / as cheap) to throw them away than to repair them. This has
led directly to the 'throw-away society", and to the waste of the earth's resources. Just think of the
cars that are traded in daily simply because they are out-of- fashion". Just think of the expensive
packaging material that 5. (are /is/have/has) thrown away each time a new object is bought. Why
ren't they recycled to prevent extreme 6. (waste / lost / spending / loss) of resources?

choose the best answer A,B,C ,D to complete the sentences:

1,the longest fish...........by my father last week

a,was catching b,caught c,was caught d,catch

2,this letter....................yesterday morning

a,was delivered b,delivered c,is delivered d,be belivered

3,david in london in 1995

a,is born b,born c,was born d,is born

4,when....................?in 1980

a,in the church built

b,was the church built

c,did the church built

d,has the church been built

5,the thief..................soon

a,will be arrested b,is arrested c,will arrested d,arrested

6,the old house on the corner.................down last year

a,knocked b,is knocked c,has been knocked d,was knocked

7,no decision....................recently

a,is made b,was made d,is being made d,has been made

8,the cat.....................since this morning

a,hasn't been fed b,hasn't been feed d,isn't fed c,wasn't fed

9,i don't believe that this play..........................by shakespear

a,is written b,was written d,has been written c,will be written

10,no one knows why the man.....................last night

a,has been killed b,is killed d,was killed c,was being killed

11,the employees........................to work very hard every day

a,force b,forced c,are force d,are forced

12,this swimming pool............................by thousand of people each week

a,uses b,was used c,is using d,is used

13,the report must.......................right now

a,be finished b,is finished c,finished d,be finishes

14,million of books.....................out of this bookstore every year

a,sell b,were sold c,have been sold d,are sold

15,are we about to have dinner?yes,it.......................in the dinning room

a,is serving b,serves c,is being served d,served

16,the cars...................in japan are very expensive

a,made b,are made c,making d,make

17,where is the old chicken coop?it....................by a windstorm last year

a,destroy b,is destroyed c,was destroyed d,destroyed

18,we are still looking for thomas.hasn't he....................yet?

a,been found b,to find c,found d,being found

19,whatever happened that fortune-teller?i don't know.she.......................around her in a long time

a,hasn't seen b,didn't see c,hasn't been seeing d,hasn't been seen

1. The house …………….last month.

A.is painted          B. are painted                 C. was painted       D. were painted

2. The toy …………………in China.

A. makes              B. was made                    C. make                 D. made

3. This bag…………………last week.

A. was bought       B. bought                       C. is bought          D. buys

4. The empty bottles are brought back for………….

A. making             B. emptying                    C. recycling          D. breaking

5. Empty bottles are…………….with milk.

A. recycled           B. made                          C. refilled              D. melted

6. Mrs Minh has a big flower shop in HCM city. She sells flowers. She is a……..

A. florist               B. worker                       C. dentist              D. hairdresser

7.President Ho Chi Minh left Nha Rong…………in 1911.

A. palace              B. citadel                        C. gate                  D. harbor

8. You can see the heads of four American presidents………….in to the rock from 100 kilometers away.

A. done                 B. carved                       C. given                D. painted

9. Would you mind……….. the dinner for me?

A. cooking            B. cook                           C. cooked             D. to cook

10. Do you mind………….. off the water tap.

A. to turn              B. turn                           C. turned              D. turning

11. Would you mind If I ………your computer?

A. using                B. used                           C. to use               D. use

12.Do you mind If I …………some beer?

A. drink                B. to drink                      C. drank               D. drinking

13. He …………………….. TV at 9 o’clock yesterday evening.

A. watched           B. is watching                 C. was watching   D. were watching

14. They………………books at that time.

A. read                 B. are reading                 C. was reading      D. were reading

15. She …………………. dinner when I………..

A. ate/ was coming         B. was eating/ came       

C. ate/ came                    D. eats/ came

16. The girl…………..to Mrs Lien is Hoa.

A. talks                 B. talked               C. is talking                    D. talking

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth, but they haven't always been (6) _________. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The clothes made in Genoa (7) _________called " jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (8) _________canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, "Levi's pants became popular with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six year later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth from denim. Soon after, factory workers (9) _________ the United States and Europe began (10) _________ jeans. Young people usually didn't wear them.

Question 9:

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. from

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth, but they haven't always been (6) _________. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The clothes made in Genoa (7) _________called " jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (8) _________canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, "Levi's pants became popular with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six year later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth from denim. Soon after, factory workers (9) _________ the United States and Europe began (10) _________ jeans. Young people usually didn't wear them.

Question 7:

A. are

B. were

C. is

D. was

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth, but they haven't always been (6) _________. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The clothes made in Genoa (7) _________called " jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (8) _________canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, "Levi's pants became popular with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six year later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth from denim. Soon after, factory workers (9) _________ the United States and Europe began (10) _________ jeans. Young people usually didn't wear them.

Question 8:

A. of

B. with

C. from

D. to